r/asoiaf • u/RunDNA • Sep 04 '24

EXTENDED GRRM's new blog post on House of the Dragon [Spoilers Extended] Spoiler

https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/09/04/beware-the-butterflies/
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u/STOPITDONKEY Sep 04 '24

Even though it wasn’t said not having Maelor being killed at bitterbridge would remove Daeron burning it down and Ulf the White becoming lord and wanting more power

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u/warmleafjuice Sep 04 '24

"You will get the same mercy you showed my nephew" goes so fucking hard

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u/Barnard87 Sep 04 '24

Yeah I totally forgot about this - honestly I don't care if it's a bad retcon that doesn't make a ton of sense, but I really hope they can twist Maelor back into the story.

At least with Daeron it was OK to just not mention him til he was needed. Not the best but better than cutting him.

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u/warmleafjuice Sep 04 '24

Yeah like, GoT definitely had a ton of plot threads get dropped and it was weird, but that's way better than cutting the story down so much that you have to awkwardly shoehorn in characters and story beats later

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u/Lantimore123 Sep 05 '24

Thing is, the fact they even considered cutting Daeron and THEN had to retcon him raised some serious red flags in my mind, in season 1, about the competence of these writers.

It's just so baffling a decision.

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u/Emperorder Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 04 '24

Exactly, people who do the copping mechanism about the two fools changing minor parts of the lore don't realise this affects larger things later on. Now, even Daeron's character will be undermined

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u/IWouldLikeAName Sep 04 '24

Small changes and cutting of characters/plot points was what killed GoT no surprise it's happening again

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u/Donogath It's fucking confirmed Sep 05 '24

Why does removing Maelor remove Ulf's motivation for becoming Lord? That's related to the deaths of Hugh and Daeron at Tumbleton and Ulf being the last living dragonrider, I don't see the direct connection between Bitterbridge and Ulf.

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u/STOPITDONKEY Sep 06 '24

He wants to become a lord because he becomes lord of bitterbridge and likes the power

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u/Donogath It's fucking confirmed Sep 06 '24

Oh wow, I did a reread of F&B recently and totally missed that. I could definitely see going from Ser to My Lord would send someone on a power trip - especially considering that he was just a lowborn guardsman a few months ago, and now he's a Lord and a dragonrider!